FRI. FEB. 8: ON POINTE!
Tues | Feb 5 Super Tuesday is here and Californians go to the polls to exercise their right to vote for whoever they want. They respond by reiterating their love of term limits, thereby limiting their right to vote for whoever they want. Except, of course, when it comes to Warren [...]

Obama snaps up Virginia with ease and is doing the same in Maryland and D.C. Clinton continues to write off Obama’s relatively small-state wins and is looking ahead to March 4th and the contests in Texas and Ohio. When the night is all over, however, Obama will have a definitive delegate lead. Hillary is putting [...]

So says Mike Huckabee.

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Or, how to make sure your vote counts
There’s still about three hours left before the polls shut down, but if you’re registered as Decline to State, you may want to take all the time you have.

Our no-nonsense Lindsay Lohan Voters Guide Britney Spears to the February ballot initiatives Paris Hilton
They said you weren’t smart enough.
They said you wouldn’t read this.
They said you weren’t interested in what really matters Britney Spears’ restraining order.
They said you were obsessed with trivial celebrity and entertainment news Anna Nicole’s baby daddy to care about the [...]

You can go vote. I have better things to do.

ILLUSTRATION by JOE MCGARRY
I was a high school senior during the last presidential election, and my friends and I buzzed about the possibilities. But most of us were underage. When November came around, we couldn’t vote.
Now I don’t care about politics. I am too concerned with [...]

As City Council members Tonia Reyes Uranga and Bonnie Lowenthal prepare to run for State Assembly, only one thing remains in their way: Prop. 93

BONNIE LOWENTHAL by ALICE RUTHERFORD
Long Beach City Council members Tonia Reyes Uranga and Bonnie Lowenthal are preparing to run against each other for the California state Assembly’s 54th District seat later [...]

Paramount residential market goes limp. Also: 2008 elections in Long Beach

Not sure who wrote it, but there’s an interesting piece on the shocking drop in Paramount home sales, in today’s Press-Telegram opinion section.

… or gnat lands on elephant.
Aera Energy LLC is facing the full fury of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission. The company failed to disclose all of its political contributions in last November’s election until January.
The price tag on the full fury? $15,000– the largest fine the commission can levy. Aera, which is owned by oil [...]

Zombie assault on the Electoral College
Halloween is hard upon us, so perhaps it’s only fitting that something once believed dead is reported to have risen from the grave.  Unfortunately, the zombie in question is nothing so fragrant as a rotting corpse– it’s the ballot initiative to split California’s electoral college votes.